Hugo B. Brandão

3.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
24 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Hugo B. Brandão is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Biophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Hugo B. Brandão has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Plant Science and 5 papers in Biophysics. Recurrent topics in Hugo B. Brandão's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (16 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (6 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (5 papers). Hugo B. Brandão is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (16 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (6 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (5 papers). Hugo B. Brandão collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Austria. Hugo B. Brandão's co-authors include Leonid A. Mirny, Johanna Gassler, Ilya M. Flyamer, Maxim Imakaev, Xindan Wang, David Z. Rudner, Nezar Abdennur, Sergey V. Ulianov, Sergey V. Razin and Kikuë Tachibana-Konwalski and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Hugo B. Brandão

23 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

3 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Single-nucleus Hi-C reveals unique chromatin reorganization at oocyte-to-zygote transition

2017 538 citations Ilya M. Flyamer, Johanna Gassler et al. Nature profile →
Dynamics of CTCF- and cohesin-mediated chromatin looping revealed by live-cell imaging

2022 287 citations Michele Gabriele, Hugo B. Brandão et al. Science profile →
Transcription shapes 3D chromatin organization by interacting with loop extrusion

2023 117 citations Edward J. Banigan, Wen Tang et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hugo B. Brandão United States	16	2.1k	656	356	110	87	24	2.3k
David J. Clark United States	32	2.9k 1.4×	618 0.9×	300 0.8×	55 0.5×	31 0.4×	84	3.2k
Florence Proux France	16	1.6k 0.7×	898 1.4×	131 0.4×	45 0.4×	163 1.9×	21	2.0k
Roberto Galletto United States	21	1.2k 0.6×	107 0.2×	352 1.0×	104 0.9×	46 0.5×	48	1.3k
Iris Dror United States	15	1.6k 0.7×	186 0.3×	341 1.0×	80 0.7×	10 0.1×	25	1.7k
Roy Long United States	16	2.2k 1.1×	195 0.3×	145 0.4×	58 0.5×	139 1.6×	28	2.4k
Tianyin Zhou United States	13	1.9k 0.9×	248 0.4×	277 0.8×	60 0.5×	10 0.1×	18	2.0k
Benjamin L. Oakes United States	15	1.7k 0.8×	197 0.3×	313 0.9×	22 0.2×	24 0.3×	19	1.8k
Carolin Anders Switzerland	10	2.5k 1.2×	239 0.4×	414 1.2×	94 0.9×	9 0.1×	10	2.6k
Mirela Andronescu Canada	14	1.7k 0.8×	297 0.5×	194 0.5×	65 0.6×	10 0.1×	20	1.8k
Alexandra East Singapore	4	1.7k 0.8×	166 0.3×	385 1.1×	36 0.3×	13 0.1×	4	1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hugo B. Brandão

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20 of 20 papers shown

Brandão, Hugo B., et al.. (2025). Replisomes restrict SMC translocation in vivo. Nature Communications. 16(1). 7151–7151. 1 indexed citations

Ren, Zhongqing, Constantin N. Takacs, Hugo B. Brandão, Christine Jacobs‐Wagner, & Xindan Wang. (2023). Organization and replicon interactions within the highly segmented genome of Borrelia burgdorferi. PLoS Genetics. 19(7). e1010857–e1010857. 4 indexed citations

Banigan, Edward J., Wen Tang, Aafke A. van den Berg, et al.. (2023). Transcription shapes 3D chromatin organization by interacting with loop extrusion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(11). e2210480120–e2210480120. 117 indexed citations breakdown →

Yang, Jin, Hugo B. Brandão, & Anders S. Hansen. (2023). DNA double-strand break end synapsis by DNA loop extrusion. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1913–1913. 21 indexed citations

Gabriele, Michele, Hugo B. Brandão, Simon Grosse‐Holz, et al.. (2022). Dynamics of CTCF- and cohesin-mediated chromatin looping revealed by live-cell imaging. Science. 376(6592). 496–501. 287 indexed citations breakdown →

Scherr, Matthias J, Hugo B. Brandão, Johanna Gassler, et al.. (2022). MCM complexes are barriers that restrict cohesin-mediated loop extrusion. Nature. 606(7912). 197–203. 86 indexed citations

Ren, Zhongqing, et al.. (2021). XerD unloads bacterial SMC complexes at the replication terminus. Molecular Cell. 81(4). 756–766.e8. 32 indexed citations

Brandão, Hugo B., et al.. (2021). DNA-loop-extruding SMC complexes can traverse one another in vivo. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 28(8). 642–651. 56 indexed citations

Brandão, Hugo B., Michele Gabriele, & Anders S. Hansen. (2020). Tracking and interpreting long-range chromatin interactions with super-resolution live-cell imaging. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 70. 18–26. 57 indexed citations

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Gidi, Yasser, Viktorija Glembockyte, Hugo B. Brandão, et al.. (2019). A High-Throughput Image Correlation Method for Rapid Analysis of Fluorophore Photoblinking and Photobleaching Rates. ACS Nano. 13(10). 11955–11966. 15 indexed citations

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Brandão, Hugo B., et al.. (2019). RNA polymerases as moving barriers to condensin loop extrusion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(41). 20489–20499. 90 indexed citations

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Finn, Elizabeth H., Gianluca Pegoraro, Hugo B. Brandão, et al.. (2019). Extensive Heterogeneity and Intrinsic Variation in Spatial Genome Organization. Cell. 176(6). 1502–1515.e10. 296 indexed citations

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Brandão, Hugo B., Johanna Gassler, Maxim Imakaev, et al.. (2018). A Mechanism of Cohesin-Dependent Loop Extrusion Organizes Mammalian Chromatin Structure in the Developing Embryo. Biophysical Journal. 114(3). 255a–255a. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Xindan, Anna C. Hughes, Hugo B. Brandão, et al.. (2018). In Vivo Evidence for ATPase-Dependent DNA Translocation by the Bacillus subtilis SMC Condensin Complex. Molecular Cell. 71(5). 841–847.e5. 58 indexed citations

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Gassler, Johanna, Hugo B. Brandão, Maxim Imakaev, et al.. (2017). A mechanism of cohesin‐dependent loop extrusion organizes zygotic genome architecture. The EMBO Journal. 36(24). 3600–3618. 268 indexed citations

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Wang, Xindan, Hugo B. Brandão, David Z. Rudner, Tung B. K. Le, & Michael T. Laub. (2017). Bacillus Subtilis SMC Complexes Juxtapose Chromosome Arms as They Travel from Origin to Terminus. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 6 indexed citations

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Arata, Yukinobu, Michio Hiroshima, Chan‐Gi Pack, et al.. (2016). Cortical Polarity of the RING Protein PAR-2 Is Maintained by Exchange Rate Kinetics at the Cortical-Cytoplasmic Boundary. Cell Reports. 16(8). 2156–2168. 20 indexed citations

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Brandão, Hugo B., et al.. (2014). Measuring Ligand-Receptor Binding Rates with K-Space Image Correlation Spectroscopy: Theory and Experimental Applications. Biophysical Journal. 106(2). 604a–605a. 2 indexed citations

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Brandão, Hugo B., et al.. (2013). Measuring ligand–receptor binding kinetics and dynamics using k-space image correlation spectroscopy. Methods. 66(2). 273–282. 7 indexed citations

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Brandão, Hugo B. & Paul W. Wiseman. (2013). Ligand Receptor Binding Rate Kinetics via K-Space Image Correlation Spectroscopy: An in Silico Study. Biophysical Journal. 104(2). 252a–252a. 1 indexed citations

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